Main wave a little slower hurts, but I’ll take the upgrades with the HP/confluence over shortwave which will change. If this run had a more organized shortwave like 6z would have been a monster I think. Might be a little sloppy here .
Just the small increase of leftover confluence and better track made all the difference on the 6z GFS. I could see elevations of the southeast do better than up here in certain situations because they could take advantage of HP if it ends up moving E .
This storm comes down to the confluence pattern, at the moment it looks more likely we won’t get a far S enough N/S push. 6z gfs improved that area and also had a perfect track. Hopes are low but not dead. There’s still some good eps members .
18z Op GFs while warm is very close imo. Falls at night too, long way to go to get a little better cold. Track is almost perfect. Still interested, especially N&W .
My friend ended up at that Motel 8 in Gardner you mentioned… only place he could find lots of places booked up or dont allow pets. Thanks for the recommendation .
Euro was def a close call. If the main wave was stronger early on it probably would have been a big NW hit at least. Can see similar evolution on control, but with a stronger short wave. Setup still there. We’ll see what happens .
One thing to keep an eye on during 12z runs today is to see if we can get that blocking south of Greenland to improve. 6z GFS looked decent there I think that would help keep lower heights under it to where we need it. 6z eps/control trended that way. Hopefully it can force any shortwaves south of it to strengthen confluence ahead of any wave. .